Improvement in harrows



tidted gaat ma tim E. GOODES, OF `PHILADEILPHIA, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF, S. F. MATHEWS, AND W.

MATHEWS, OF MECHANICSBRG, BENNSYLVANIA.

Letters Patent No. 92,719, (am .my 2o, 1869.

IMPROVEMENTIN HARRoWs.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, E. A. GOODES, of Philadelphia,

Philadelphia county, Pennsylvania, have invented al -Figure 2 represents a plan view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. p

I employ two sets of longitudinal parallel bars, A B, for supporting the teeth, the one set, A, pivoted at their frontends to an axle, C, of a low truck, of which I) represents the wheels, and E. the tongue or drawbar. l l Y Blocks F are interposed between the bars on the axle, to separate them so as to provide spaces between them, preferably o' about the same width as the bars.

The rear ends of these bars are provided with teeth, one or more, as preferred, and at a suicient distance in advance oftheends thereof. rlhe other set of bars, B, is pivoted to them, being arranged in the' spaces between.

This arrangement permits the application of the teeth of each bar to the ground independently of the other, so as to act upon'all the parts thereof, no mat;v

ter how uneven it may be. l

G is a flat bar of metal, pivoted at its centre, near the rear end of the central bar of the set A, and capable of swinging in a horizontal plane.

All of the bars of both sets on one side of the ccntral bar are provided with hooks, H, and their horizontal parts projecting rearward, and the bars on the other side have similar hooks reversed in position. These hooks are so arranged tint when the bar G is swung around to the position represented in red, and engaged with the hooks, the bars will be rigidly connected together in the vertical direction.

When in this positiomall the bars may be maintained in the elevated position shown in igf-"Z, by means of the hook I, on the central bar' A, and the staple K on the tongue when hooked together.

'lhe bars A arejso connected to the axle as to be readily detached therefrom, for storing away when not required for use, or when the truck may be rennired for other purposes. A

Having thus described my invention,

Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of the bars A B and. truck, when arranged substantially as specified.

2. The combination, with the bars A B, of the hooks H and clampingfbar G, when arranged substantially as specified.

' E. A. GOODES.

Witnesses:

HENRY G. HAYs, FRANCIS M. Woon. 

